How to Add a Stopwatch to PowerPoint
Many PowerPoint users like to set their presentations to run in a slideshow while discussing the content and leading the conversation. However, some presentations may call for several slides to flip past without any verbal commentary. To add a stopwatch effect to PowerPoint to allow for slides to advance automatically, you'll simply need to make a few clicks of your mouse. See Step 1 below to get started!
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- 3Select the Rehearse Timings button on the toolbar.
- The slideshow will begin to play in full-screen mode. Advance the slides after the appropriate amount of time you think you will need for each screen by clicking anywhere on the slide show. This will allow you to time slides as they are displayed.
- Note that the time allotted for each screen is being tracked and shown in the upper left hand window.
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- 6Make any necessary changes to the time taken to advance slides automatically.
- Timing can be adjusted for individual slides in the Normal view. Click the slide that requires an adjustment, then choose the Animations tab. The far right edge of the Transition to this Slide section offers Advance Slide options. Adjust the amount of time in the field following the words "Automatically After."
- Timing can be adjusted for individual slides in the Normal view. Click the slide that requires an adjustment, then choose the Animations tab. The far right edge of the Transition to this Slide section offers Advance Slide options. Adjust the amount of time in the field following the words "Automatically After."
- You can introduce a visual cue that there is a new slide by adding creative transitions to your slide show if your slide show features a lot of similar slides in layout and graphics. Transitions are found on the Animations tab or menu.
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